10 States Most at Risk Of Disaster

History is punctuated with disasters. Vesuvius, the China floods, the San Francisco earthquake, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and countless other catastrophes dot the timeline with damage, loss and destruction. The United States has yet to witness death tolls comparable to those caused by disasters in, for example, China and India, but that’s not to say we don’t see our share of destruction here. Recently Kiplinger.com worked with ISO, a leading source of insurance risk information, to identify the states that have suffered the biggest property losses from disasters over the past decade, based on loss of insured property. Here are their results:

I was living near Jackson, MS, when Katrina came through. I saw the forecast for an "inland hurricane" and wondered, "What's that - an INLAND hurricane???" I'm from Louisiana and thought I knew all about hurricanes. Turns out I had a lot to learn and I found out what an "inland hurricane" is about.

I helped in the cleanup of central Florida after hurricane Charley and have never seen such widespread damage and destruction.The high heat and humidity did not help one bit in the cleanup.These natural disasters are unforgettable.